Any "unbelievable" plot points mentioned by reviewers seem to me to be entirely purposeful and emphasize (in the most hilarious way) the absurdity of modern American culture. Summary: Dani is a new mother who has moved back to her hometown with her husband who took a very lucrative job. Certainly not my favourite book this year but may be loved by a target audience I just don’t belong to!

But that energy is what is going to make people love this book, so if you ruin their love for the book with the ending, you ruin the book for them.I was interested in this novel because of the mystery element however this was only a minor part of it. She doesn’t think she is very good at being a mom and keeps obsessing about her husband dropping dead. Philippa tells the story of women rebels and rioters - from the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt to those arrested at the vigil for Sarah Everard. When Dani meets Renata, a magnetic and revolutionary force, she introduces her to a lifestyle that Dani can't help but feel drawn to with shameful desire.

The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved.Imagine if men could enjoy tenderness, could connect with other people, the way they did when they were infants. Nearing present day, however, we’re reminded that with full equality elusive still, this is not yet a tale of triumph. Gregory highlights a pattern of woman doing something - like knitting, boxing, weaving, owning taverns, painting, - then men taking it up, excluding women by barring their access to it, then removing them from records. The 'normal women' you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved.